Drying device



Nov. 4, 1930. A. SHOEMAKER 1,780,446

DRYING DEVICE Filed Feb. 14, 1929 INVENTOR. k/(SSEPHA SHOE/WAKE}?- A TTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 4, mac

meme. eman te, Hammett, VERMONT o DRYING nuvicu Application filed; February 14,1929, senai'no' eaasaaf i This inventionrelates to clothes drying de vices and in particular to one that may moved to an'initiallp'ositi'on in order to place the clothes thereon andmay'then be elevated to" a point near the ceiling in a room to take advantage ofthe warmer air near the ceil ingot aroom. 1 V I v o A particular ob ect of'the invention 18, to

provide in a device of the Character referred.

to, a'plu'rality of clothes holding. arms which may be retainediin'their-horizontal position when' used 'ior'the purpose of drying clothes a d, w h, whelli o s m y be r pp toa'vertical position so that they 'areoutof the way. by r v r 7 Another important objectof my invention is to'provide aclothes dryingdevice' which is mounted for sliding movement upon a slide strip, means being included in the construc tionfor elevating the clothes drying device to any desired height and frictionally holdin the same at the selected point.

' y preferred construction employs a series of links for holding slotted arms in their horizontal position, the endsot the arms being maintained in their horizontal position through the medium of a suitable shouldered block in connection with which they arepivoted so that one or all of the arms may be used at a time, depending upon the amount of material to be dried;

To enable others skilled in the art to fully sition in full lines near the ceiling and in outline at the lowered position at which. point, the clothes may be conveniently hung there- Figure 2 is a view in sectional elevation of the dryingdevice, the section being taken through the slide and through the arm hold- ;ing block to illustrate how the slotted arm able manner.

l is provided in its lower edge with a c'irjmay be' let'idown to vertical position 'so that a minimum of sp ice is occupied bythe device when thesame is not in use,'and' v Figure 3 is a section taken on the line 3 3 of Figure 2 illustrating the use of a- U-shaped holding strip-to which is} secured the article holding arm'through the-medium of suitable links. I i f Referringto the'drawings-in detail, 5 indicates the wall of a roomfadjacentf a windowfi at which pointit' is deemeol'most advantageous to place myclothes drying device. vIn order tomountthe same upon the wall, use is made of aslide strip 7 which is'secured to the wall in any suitable manner such as by thescrews, 81 Theedges' of the slide strip 7 are flangedand are 'arranged'tofit within the overturned edges 9 o-fa slide plate 10. This slide" plate 10 ispreferab'ly 'n'iade of metal isar'r'anged for freegslidingmovement longitudinally of the slide ls'trip 7. l

- "To'th e, ;slide1plate there is secured a suit 'therethroughf a U-shaped holding strip M which provides a pivot point for the links 15, the links being disposed in the slots 13 and being arranged at their'lower orouter end to be disposed within the slotted ends 16 of the clothes holding arms 17,? The "ends of the holding strip 14 are inturned as at118 and together with the, upper end of an operating. rod 19, are held securely between thebase 11 and the slide plate'9 The" plate, the base and V i the block being secured together in any suitn will be particularly noted that thefblock cuinferential shoulder 2 0 and"asillu strated in Figure 2,"this shoulder is arranged tor the re'ceptiono-f'the ends 21 of the arms" In the'pofsition iliustrated in Figure; 2; the links 1-5; hold thearms loosely in vertical-position 'soi'thatthey are arranged '9 in a semicircular-fashion in alignment with their holding block 12? T-l iey are thusnested, as it were, and provide ac'ompactsftrueture when not in use; however, it is eesiredto place, them: .i'mnse, the piece i 22 on the lower end of the rod 19 may be drawn down if the block 12 is in its raised position after the lock tongue 23 is moved up and when the block 12 has been lowered, the arms may be drawn out and their ends 21 placed beneath or within the shoulder 20 sothat they are disposed in horizontal position and are'ready to receive the clothes to be dried.

The resilient look tongue is made of spring metal preferably and is provided with anysuitable opening to provide passage for the rod 19 therethrough. Belng of a resilient nature, however, and having a normal tendency to spring downwardly, this lock tongue 23 will flex the rod 19 and will also frictionally hold it against vertical movement untilsaid tongue is raised so that the edges of the opening permit free sliding movement of the rod 19. This construction is-well known as regards this particular means of looking a rod but in the use of a'locking tongue that moves up, the hand can be held on the rod 19 and one of the fingers may be used to raise the tongue 23 to free the rod 19, the hand being used to allow the rod 19 to drop and stop at any convenient point.

It is quite evident therefore, that I have provided a neat appearing, compact clothes dryer which may be lowered to receive the clothes to be dried and may be elevated with a minimum of elfort and time to a position adjacent the ceiling. 7

My improved construction, while providing a compact type of dryer also provides one which isneat in appearance, strong and durable and one in which one or more of the arms may be used at a time depending upon the requirements. 7

It is also evident that when the dryer is not in use, its arms need not be held in their horizontal position but may be readily drawn out and through the medium of the movement afforded by the link 15 may be dropped to the vertical position shown in Figure 2 to provide a neat appearing structure.

It is also evident that my improved. drying device is out of the way when in raised position if the arms are extended and it is also out of the way when in loweredposition if the arms are in their vertical position.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of particularity, I realizethat in practice various alterations therein may be made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changingthe form of the details of construction or otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlated parts without departing. from the spirit'of theinvention or'thescope of the appended claims. I

Having'thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States-Letters Patent is I 7 7 .-1.-A device for use indrying, comprising a slide strip, a base slidable thereon, a semicircular block secured to the base and having radial slots and a circumferential shoulder adjacent the lower ends of said slots, a U- shaped holding strip in the block passing through said slots, links pivoted to said holding strip, depending clothes holding arms pivoted to the links, said arms at the link ends being adapted for engagement with the shoulder to be supported horizontally, an opholding strip, depending clothes holding arms pivoted to the links, said arms at the linkends being adapted for engagement with the shoulder to be supported horizontally, an operating rod depending from said base, and a yieldable rod holding member on the slide strip.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOSEPH A. SHOEMAKER; [L. s] 

